Efficient Real-Time Comment Updates in Anvil: Alternatives to Polling?

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@aakashahuja30794

new_comments = anvil.server.call('get_new_comments', self.last_check_time)

you should just put this in a no_loading_indicator like:

with anvil.server.no_loading_indicator:
    new_comments = anvil.server.call('get_new_comments', self.last_check_time)

…then it will just look like the comments appear in the background and the user does not notice, especially if you combine it with something like:

Skeleton Screen in Anvil

@Hassan_Dabary very cool, we need more stuff like this in the forum! Like @stein suggested, I made a gif so people can see the effect. You can make example gifs using a program called LICEcap : [skeleton_example]